DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS Details Textual (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified					1 Months Ended		1 Months Ended		1 Months Ended				1 Months Ended								1 Months Ended		12 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013	May 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Jun. 30, 2009 contract	Sep. 30, 2008 LIBOR	May 31, 2012 Subordinated Debt	Jun. 30, 2009 Three Year Swap	Jun. 30, 2009 Three Year Swap Trust Preferred Securities Subject to Mandatory Redemption	Jun. 30, 2009 Four Year Swap	Jun. 30, 2009 Four Year Swap Trust Preferred Securities Subject to Mandatory Redemption	Dec. 31, 2013 Interest Rate Swap 1	Dec. 31, 2013 Interest Rate Swap 3	Jun. 30, 2009 Subordinated Deferrable Interest Debentures	Jun. 30, 2009 Subordinated Deferrable Interest Debentures Three Year Swap	Jun. 30, 2009 Subordinated Deferrable Interest Debentures Four Year Swap	Sep. 30, 2008 Unsecured Subordinated Term Loan	Sep. 30, 2008 Unsecured Subordinated Term Loan Unsecured Subordinated Term Loan Effective September 26 2008	Dec. 31, 2013 Unsecured Subordinated Term Loan Unsecured Subordinated Term Loan Effective September 26 2008	Dec. 31, 2012 Unsecured Subordinated Term Loan Unsecured Subordinated Term Loan Effective September 26 2008	May 31, 2009 Trust Preferred Securities	Jun. 30, 2009 Crescent Financial Capital Trust I Trust Preferred Securities	Aug. 31, 2003 Crescent Financial Capital Trust I Trust Preferred Securities	Dec. 31, 2013 Crescent Financial Capital Trust I Trust Preferred Securities	Dec. 31, 2012 Crescent Financial Capital Trust I Trust Preferred Securities	Dec. 31, 2013 Three Month LIBOR plus 3.1 Percent Crescent Financial Capital Trust I Trust Preferred Securities quarter
Derivative [Line Items]
Debt instrument, interest rate terms																The agreement requires the Bank to make quarterly payments of interest at an annual contract rate, reset quarterly, equal to three-month LIBOR plus 4.00 percent.						The TRUPs pay cumulative cash distributions quarterly at an annual contract rate, reset quarterly, equal to three-month LIBOR plus 3.10 percent.
Derivative, notional amount	$ 75,000	$ 75,000									$ 25,000	$ 25,000
Derivative, fixed interest rate (as a percent)								5.49%		5.97%	1.65%	1.72%		6.39%	6.87%
Notional amount of TRUPs																						8,000
TRUPs, fair value																							5,560	5,497
Long-term debt	$ 72,921		$ 19,864														$ 7,500	$ 6,961	$ 6,867
Derivative, term														3 years	4 years
Trust preferred securities spread on basis rate (as a percent)																							3.10%
Number of quarterly periods that payments may be deferred (in quarters)																									20
Number of interest rate derivatives held (in contracts)				2
Derivative, remaining maturity							3 years		4 years
Debt Instrument, description of variable rate basis (as a percent)					4.00%
Derivative, cap interest rate						4.47%														3.57%
Debt instrument term																	10 years
Percentage of Notional Amount													50.00%								50.00%